Where? Aqaba, Red Sea - Jordan When? April 2010
The Royal Jordanian Falcons are a small group of Professionals that represent the excellence of Jordan aviation. Based in Aqaba on the shores of the Red ...

... of the more than 80 aircraft gathering at Andravida was an abundance of HAF F-16 Fighting Falcons of eight different Squadrons, the locally based F-4E Phantoms IIs, Dassault Mirage 2000 and the Embraer ...

... and „Falcons“ ceased to exist, and the Wing overtook the NATO Tiger tradition from the now disbanded JaboG32 and became a full NATO Tiger member this year. This resulted in many interesting visiting aircraft ...

... C-17 transport aircraft was complemented on the ground by an Airbus A400M of the RAF with a crew from 70 Squadron and 24 Squadron based in RAF Brize Norton. The A400M brought the Royal Air Force Falcons ...

... landing in covered the public completely into dust. Leaving your bags closed and not changing any camera lenses was a good idea at this point of time!
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Furthermore the Silver Falcons ...

... and two armed Lockheed-Martin F-16 Bl.52 Fighting Falcons, the successor of the Corsair at Araxos.
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A small air show featuring an Α-7 formation and lo ...

... ast of the country hosts F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-5 Tigers. The nice tail markings with the stylized sun on the F-16s and the rare RF-5E Tigereye made a visit to that airfield worthwhile. The ROCAF s ...

... of the Slovak MiG-29 after its flying display. Furthermore the show did feature the Belgian "Red Devils", Croatian "Wings of Storm", French "Patrouille de France", the Royal Jordanian Falcons and the Car ...

... visiting the F-16 Fighting Falcons and A-7 Corsairs at Araxos as well as Andravida's F-4E Phantoms. Nice spring weather and the Greek hospitality made the trip very worthwhile and resulted in some ni ...

... anian Falcons presented their formation flying skills in 4 Extra 300. The Twisters Team was for sure the highlight during the Night Show shortly after sunset with their light effects and pyrotechnics spa ...

... ven presented the well-known flight display:
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Lockheed showed of four "Fighting Falcons". Two came from the US Pa ...

... passed the presentation of the Royal Jordanian Falcons flying four Extra 300L aircraft, however the latter team was awarded the best display performance during the event.
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... been invited to the show additionally to the French regulars Patrouille de France and the civil Breitling Jet Team: Red Arrows, Patrulla Aguilla, Royal Jordanian Falcons or the Asas de Portugal. In additio ...

... el (Falcons / left) and the Zapatas (right). Spooky is also placed on the underside, accompanied by "PHANTOM - Job well done" as well as the JG-74 emblem. The aircraft was designed by Maj. Keller, Pha ...

... words "Phantom Phlyout JG 74" and the sides of the intakes show the emblem of the two Neuburg squadrons: the Falkenstaffel (Falcons / left) and the Zapatas (right). Spooky is also placed on the underside, acco ...

... inished a short trip in the 'desert' brought me a little bit closer to the landings of the Eagles and Fighting Falcons. However I did not stay too long there as I also wanted to see something more of the ...

... GFD and FRA Learjets and Falcons. More foreign aircraft participation involved also Swiss and Finish Hornets in Dübendorf. Besides the more than 70 jets helicopters and transport aircraft like C-160s ...

... of the Royal Jordanian Falcons, the Marche Verte from Morocco, the Patrouille Suisse and the Turkish Stars have to be mentioned as well. Unfortunately the sun changed to the other side of the runway during ...

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